Deep down things : the breathtaking beauty of particle physics /

"In Deep Down Things, experimental particle physicist Bruce A. Schumm provides an elucidation of the Standard Model of particle physics - a theory that stands as one of the crowning achievements of twentieth-century science."--Jacket.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Schumm, Bruce A., 1958-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, ©2004.
Subjects:
Particles (Nuclear physics)
Quantum field theory.
Gauge fields (Physics)
Symmetry (Physics)
Elementary Particles
Particules (Physique nucléaire)
Théorie quantique des champs.
Champs de jauge (Physique)
Symétrie (Physique)
particle physics.
Quantum field theory
Elementarteilchenphysik
Quantenfeldtheorie
Deeltjesfysica.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • The true movers & shakers: the forces of nature
  • The great reawakening: the modern physics revolution
  • The marriage of relativity & quantum theory: relativistic quantum field theory
  • Patterns in nature: the fundamental building blocks
  • Mathematical patterns: lie groups
  • The world within: internal symmetries
  • Physics by pure thought: gauge theory
  • The current paradigm: hidden symmetry, the standard model & the Higgs Boson
  • Into the unknown: what lies ahead.

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